Brain and eyeball-eating cannibal who hacked homeless man to death says sorry

NY Daily News ^ | 9/10/13 | Lee Moran

[jonatron]

A cannibal who hacked a homeless Connecticut man to death before devouring his brain and “oyster-tasting” eyeballs stunned a courtroom by saying sorry to his victim’s family.

Tyree Lincoln Smith, 35, stood up Monday seconds after being sentenced for up to 60 years in a psychiatric hospital to plead forgiveness for slaying Angel “Tun Tun” Gonzalez.

“I’m really sorry for what I did, that I couldn’t be myself,” Smith told a shocked gallery. “It really had nothing to do with the other person.”

His surprisingly candid confession sparked Gonzalez’s relative Talitha Frazier to break down in tears.

“We waited two years to hear Tyree say he was sorry,” she told the Connecticut Post. “What he said today caught me off guard, but I feel he meant what he said.”

[jonatron]

This old article from 2013 relates to a alleged cannibal now granted conditional release.

[AppyPappy]

“It was an accident”

[shadeaud]

Must be a vegan

[econjack]

"...has been granted conditional release after careful review of his clinical progress..."

WTF? I don't care how much progress he's made. He killed someone (kinda a bad thing) and ate their brain and eyeballs (also kinda bad). What genius let this maniac out?

[MCSETots]

Well, if he’s sorry, how can we not forgive him?

[Governor Dinwiddie]

[Jeff Chandler]

now granted conditional release

Why not? I mean, what could possibly go wrong?

[Mr Ramsbotham]

Were his victims missionaries?

[Jeff Chandler]

Well, if he’s sorry, how can we not forgive him?

Remember: judge not!

[lee martell]

“That Was NOT ME!! .. Uhh, let me rephrase that a little..”

Is he going to keep taking his medication?
Will he be released to a supervised facility, or will he just go for it, and apply to be a Door Dash Driver?

[TexasGator]

““It really had nothing to do with the other person.””

LOL!

[albie]

Public defender must be grossed out just sitting next to him

[Governor Dinwiddie]

Once he's released, he could show up on any doorstep in America.

[ek_hornbeck]

Atavistic behavior. His ancestors back in the Congo practiced cannibalism generations ago, so he’s just reverting back to type.

[ek_hornbeck]

The judge who set this sub-human thing back loose into society is as depraved as the cannibal himself.

[smokingfrog]

Yikes!

[jonatron]

Maybe he got to the other eyeball.

[jonatron]

He's looks as though he's been eating rather well while locked up.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

Certainly hasn't missed any meals.

[jonatron]

Has anyone seen his cellmate lately?